Wisconsin is seeing a wide variety of mortality of wildlife species due to the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

Influenza B has never caused a pandemic. Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds.

it could spiral into a possible pandemic Avian influenza is constantly changing. Every new infection increases the odds bird flu could potentially become more deadly or easily transmissible ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and ...

Fears about avian influenza have moved faster than pasture-raised hens in search of the juiciest worms. The outbreak has been blamed for high egg prices and supply shortages while also raising ...

Texas health and wildlife officials have detected avian flu in at least four mammal species across six counties on the High Plains.

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — A team led by researchers say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

Avian flu spreads rapidly among domesticated birds with weaker immunity and can mutate to become especially deadly. If these strains return from livestock to the wild, birds such as this year's bird ...

Since early 2024, a different kind of flu called bird flu, formally known as avian influenza, has been spreading in birds as well as in cattle. The current bird flu outbreak has infected 70 Americans ...